Paleocene

Here in UHI world I think we are a solid 14+ days behind where we have been in the past several winters. We have a lot of crocuses blooming in random sunny spots in parks; in past years, those bloomed as early as Feb 18th-24th.

I'm ready for another four inches of sleet

tmi

Meh. May and June have been cloudy and damp of late here. I want sun This weather is grim

We excel at fog and wind. For a while there we excelled at rain, but it's been sort of dry for a while

No arguments here. We need some sunshine.

Seems like that back edge is coming east pretty fast for round one here.

Deathband that was over me has lightened up a bit since 215pm or so; lighter flakes now. But last few frames have the hole filling in, at least over DC?

I've been on the southern edge of the northern band in Silver Spring for 2 hours -- started snowing moderately at 1215pm. This escalated quickly.

Been under moderate snow for about 45 minutes near downtown Silver Spring. A classic white rain/mulch accumulation. Not sticking to much, but looks gorgeous. Big flakes.

15z HRRR does a total DC split this afternoon, lol

Fair enough. I am generally willing to concede March 1st - 15th as winter in the DC beltway area but after the 15th... we need luck. Of course there was 2014 (St. Patrick's Day), and then in 2018, we had snow March 21 which stuck around for a day. Here's McKeldin Mall at UMD on the 22nd of March 2018, after we got about 3-4" the day before, I think. 2 years out of the last 12 == enough to not rule it out after the 15th, I guess.

tracking heat

Winter is cooked. I'm direct sowing some cold season veggies in my sunny garden beds today. Spring has won.

Yes, they're rising from their winter graves in my nhood here in the burbs